Forget Emmet, I’m the star of The Lego Movie

Master builder: Special constable Alex Bidolak who works at Legoland (Picture: Cavendish)

It’s the surprise hit of the year about a construction worker who becomes a crime-fighting superstar.

But if you thought The Lego Movie, which features Batman, Gandalf and a host of Star Wars characters as talking toys, was far-fetched…you’d be wrong.

Alex Bidolak, 29, is a Lego master builder – just like Emmet, the hero of the surprise big-screen smash who discovers he is the ‘special’ who can defeat evil Lord Business.

And when not creating impressive structures at Legoland Discovery Centre in Manchester, Mr Bidolak patrols the city’s streets as a special constable.

‘When the film came out I just couldn’t believe the similarities between myself and Emmet. The character could almost have been based on me,’ he said. ‘I just couldn’t stop laughing. I said: “This is my film, it’s a story about me.” I’ve taken my nephews and nieces to see the movie and they think it’s amazing.

‘The kids who visit Legoland Discovery Centre already think I’m something of a hero but now I can tell them I’m basically a real-life version of Emmet – and they’re going to really love that.’

Mr Bidolak has even created a replica of ‘the piece of resistance’, which Emmet uses to fight evil in the film.

The Lego Movie, featuring the voices of Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, and Morgan Freeman, has made £110million worldwide since its release this month.